Kyle Petersen and Michelle Cooper are Hollywood royalty, everyone's favorite celebrity couple, but while on location filming their new summer blockbuster, Kyle ambushes his wife with divorce papers and orders Shaunna to destroy Michelle in the media. Unwilling to comply, Shaunna spectacularly and publicly quits her job, humiliating Kyle in the process.
David Quinn, a struggling actor cast alongside the A-listers, is caught in the crossfire. When pictures surface of David and Michelle out on the town, media and fans rush to crown them Hollywood's new hot couple. Kyle explodes, tensions boil over, and everyone's lives and careers are thrown into jeopardy.
So what's a publicist to do? Especially when Shaunna finds herself falling in love with the sexy and talented David. Can she put out fires on the set while keeping the flames burning in the
bedroom?
Love, lies and passion. What happens when the naked truth is exposed?
EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT:
When his eyes settled on Shaunna again, she was completely
nude. Her pert nipples were beacons to the gentle valley between her round
breasts. David's stare followed the path of least resistance to the tiny and
tidy garden of brown curls that split the river of skin.
He suddenly realized how very, very overdressed he was and fidgeted slightly as he dragged his
heavy eyes back up to hers. "Allow me to reciprocate," he murmured as
he began to loosen his necktie.
"Let me," Shaunna offered as she stepped toward
him.
David obediently dropped his arms to his sides, allowing the
naked woman to undress him.
"This is a nice tie," she commented as she slid it
from his neck. "You had it with you in Texas?"
David nodded his head. "I brought all my clothes with
me."
“Of course you did,” Shaunna said as she walked around
behind him and removed his jacket.
She especially liked the way men looked in vests when their
jackets were off. She admired how David’s fit figure was accented by the corset
nature of his pinstriped, three-buttoned special. Shaunna appreciated him as
she completed her circle.
She then backed up to get, and give, a better view.
"Have a seat." Shaunna gestured to a custom rock
bench near the edge of the black tiled pond.
David sat and she began removing his
shoes.
He looked down at the nude beauty working the laces and
willed himself not to be ticklish for the next thirty seconds of his life. Her
touch, however, was too delicate and he was just too tender-footed. David
chortled and twitched, giving himself away. To her credit, Shaunna did not take
advantage of her newfound knowledge until she had removed his other shoe and
both his socks. She feathered the balls of his feet with her fingers before she
allowed him to stand again.
"Don't worry," she assured him as she
began unbuttoning his vest. "I'm ticklish too." She opened it and
then pressed her firm body up against his while she claimed another kiss.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS:
Morgan and Jennifer Locklear met in 1989 as teenagers and became high school sweethearts. They have been married since 1995 and live in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States with their two children, a son and daughter.
Although both enjoyed creative writing in their youth, they have only been working as a writing team since 2010. Since then they have created a dozen full-length and short stories together.
Jennifer has been employed in fundraising and development for a non-profit organization since 2000. She also enjoys participating in charitable activities, both locally and online. In her (limited) free time she is an avid reader.
Morgan has been employed in the hospitality industry since 1998. He has been active in the local performing arts community since childhood with many acting and directing credits to his name. He is also a musician and songwriter and has recorded 6 albums.
Rating and review: ♥♥♥♥1/2
I was lucky enough to receive an ARC of this book and from the beginning I was hooked. All of the characters have great chemistry with each other (some more toxic than others), and it's with the chemistry between the players that helps the story flow along without any dragging or slow paces that makes you want to skim along. Shaunna is the daughter of one of the most formidable producers in Hollywood, but she much prefers her role way off camera as one of the best publicists, with her two biggest clients being Hollywood royalty Kyle Peterson and his wife Michelle Cooper.
Shaunna has a "you go girl" moment during the shooting of the newest film starring Kyle and Michelle, which results in charges being brought against her. You feel for Michelle from the beginning of the book, simply because Kyle is nothing more than a d-nozzle, who deserves everything that happens to him. David Quinn is a B-list actor who was pretty much done with acting when he landed a role in the movie; he's humble and unassuming, (and it doesn't hurt that he's pretty to look at). He's really into Shaunna, but has to play by Hollywood rules both on- and off-set.
Quick, witty dialogue with a few twists and turns, this is a great read and I'm looking forward to reading future books from Morgan & Jennifer Locklear.
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I received an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
I received an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Thank you so much for this wonderful review. We're so glad you enjoyed reading "Exposure".
ReplyDeleteThank you for the opportunity to read this early, I greatly enjoyed it!
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